What is the Boulderstone Technique?

What is the still point?

The still point is the starting point for the Boulderstone Technique.

It is not simply relaxation. We use the term to describe a state in which there is no inner tension or compulsion demanding that something should happen. This we see as health.

You can still think, move, speak and respond. The difference is that there is no internal pressure forcing you in a particular direction.

There is a sense of quiet and clarity, but not suppression. Nothing is being held down or pushed away.

When something unresolved is present, we often experience a movement away from this state.

The practitioner begins from their own still point and uses it as the reference from which to recognise and follow what appears in the person they are working with.

Most approaches to disease, trauma and chronic illness are built around one central idea:
that something has gone wrong, and needs to be managed, reduced, or controlled.

What does the practitioner feel?

You lie fully clothed on the treatment couch while the practitioner makes gentle physical contact, most often at the head.

The practitioner pays attention to any sense of tension, movement or change that can be felt through the contact.

This is not a fixed movement and it is not something the practitioner imposes on you.

The response is usually continuous and changing. The practitioner follows it rather than trying to direct it.

As the response develops, the practitioner continues to follow it until the movement comes to an end or settles.

That settling is understood as a return towards a still point and health.

How is the technique adapted to different problems?

The basic approach remains the same, but the way the relevant response is brought into awareness can vary.

With allergies and sensitivities, a substance may be introduced and then removed while the practitioner follows the response.

With trauma and other emotional difficulties, a trauma ticket may be used to bring the relevant material into awareness for a short period before it is removed again.

With general health difficulties, the practitioner may simply work with the tension or response that is already present.

In each case, the aim is to work with what appears without forcing the process and arrive at a place without tension, a still point.

How do we know when a response has completed?

When the movement or tension being followed settles, the practitioner pauses and reassesses what is present.

If there is a clear trigger – such as a substance or a trauma ticket – it may be introduced again briefly to see whether the same response returns.

If the response is still present, there is more to work with and the process can continue.

If the same trigger no longer produces the response that was previously present, we regard that particular process as complete within the Boulderstone Technique, there is nothing left to do.

Do I need to believe in the explanation?

No.

You do not need to accept the ideas of still point, completion or unresolved responses in order to have a session.

The technique is based on what the practitioner observes and follows during the work. Our explanation of why those changes occur is a working model that has developed through clinical practice.

You are free to regard that explanation as useful, uncertain, incomplete or simply unnecessary.

Thinking about a session?

If you would like to experience the Boulderstone Technique for yourself, you can book an appointment or contact us with a brief description of what you would like help with, and we can explain whether our way of working seems relevant.

For practical information, prices and booking, see Appointments.

A deeper explanation

If you’d like a fuller explanation of the ideas behind this work, including how and why these processes become interrupted, you can find it here: https://cbpbookshop.com/product/the-still-point-and-dance/